Boston Inventory Metrics Procurement 
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 12, 2020
On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. Total cost analysis is more difficult than it sounds and most technology implementations automated functional measurement systems (manufacturing or procurement), but leave the organization blind on the management of total costs.
ToolsGroup
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
BOSTON, Mass. Digital transformation is not seen as a singular activity but a set of interrelated activities that span across people, process, technology, policy, and metrics,” said George Fowler, group vice president in Spinnaker’s Supply Chain business unit. PRESS RELEASE. and HOUSTON, Tex.
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Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Short cycles require buffer inventories and short lead times.
6 River Systems
JUNE 29, 2020
Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns. Establishing protocols, metrics, organizational owners, and related processes can empower organizations to respond more effectively when faced with a crisis.” ” — Michael Varney and Wil G.
6 River Systems
JULY 25, 2019
All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.
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